He wants to erect the stone in Downing Street's garden if he becomes PM following Thursday's General Election

But he has been accused of hubris and Twitter users have posted hundreds of pictures mocking the bizarre move

People have posted pictures of Mr Miliband and the slab with some crucial tweaks - including the key promises being switched with a shopping list and Nicola Sturgeon on Miley Cyrus's wrecking ball smashing into the stone

Just days before one of the closest General Elections in years Ed Miliband will no doubt be delighted to discover he is currently the number one talked about topic on Twitter - but his joy will be short-lived when he realises he is not necessarily trending for the right reasons.

Following the Labour leader's baffling decision to have the party's manifesto engraved on an 8ft limestone slab - which he intends to erect in Downing Street's garden if he is successful on Thursday - internet users have posted thousands of hilarious tweets and memes mocking the harebrained move.

On Twitter in the UK the hashtag #EdStone is currently the most tweeted about trend, with many people posting photoshopped pictures of Mr Miliband and the slab with some crucial tweaks - including the key promises being switched with a shopping list, Nicola Sturgeon on Miley Cyrus's wrecking ball smashing into the stone and Mr Miliband's face carved into Mount Rushmore.

Many noted the similarities between the Labour leader's stone and Moses engraving the 10 Commandments in the Bible's Book of Exodus and posted pictures of a bearded Mr Miliband dressed as the prophet.

Posing next to the unusual monument earlier today, the Labour leader said his six key promises have been 'carved in stone because they won't be abandoned after the election'.

But Mr Miliband has been accused of hubris by Tory party chairman Grant Shapps, who told MailOnline: 'Hubris was once defined as measuring up the curtains for No10 before the public have even voted, but now Ed Miliband has gone one further by commissioning his very own limestone slab of commandments for the No10 garden.'

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Following Ed Miliband's baffling decision to have Labour's manifesto engraved on an 8ft slab Twitter users have posted hundreds of pictures mocking the move - including these two where the manifesto has been replaced with a shopping list and a mock manifesto (above)

On Twitter the hashtag #EdStone is currently the most tweeted about trend with many people posting pictures of Mr Miliband and the slab

In this picture posted shortly after Mr Miliband unveiled the slab his face has been photoshopped onto the American Mount Rushmore